Read Contra Costa
Read Contra Costa is an annual event that encourages all county residents and library users to share in the experience of reading and discussing the same book. The program runs from Tuesday, September 2 through Saturday, November 8, 2025.
This year, a committee of dedicated library staff had the pleasure of choosing the award-winning James by Percival Everett. Everett’s novel, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for fiction in 2025, is a powerful retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story is told from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man who runs away after he discovers he’s about to be sold and separated from his family.
To learn more about Read Contra Costa, click here.
Watch the presentation on YouTube:
